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To me personally, I always find it kinda sad to see a good ship sunk or scrapped, specially if it's one I've had a connection with. HMCS Annapolis was built back in the early 60's and I had the pleasure of serving aboard her in 1966. She was a very high tech ship back in the day and spent over 30 years in service. Alot of ships from different countries are completely cleaned of all hazardous materials and sunk to become artificial reefs for both fish and skuba divers. Several old Canadian ships have already been sunk and Annapolis is still waiting her turn. This is Annapolis back in all her glory. And sadly this is how she looks today, totally stripped down and waiting to be sunk. Another beautiful ship from the early 60's that served Canada well for many years was HMCS Provider. She was a tanker that supplied fuel to the fleet while at sea and I served aboard her in 1964. This is Provider fueling a pair of destroyers at sea. And another of her fueling an aircraft carrier When her years of service were completed she was sadly sold to a scrap dealer in Turkey but was at least given a good send-off when she left harbour for the last time behind an ocean going tug. And here she is in Turkey just before the torches were put to her.

I read about that big girl on another website but it's good to see a picture of her, thanks for posting it.

Thanks Geoff, that's a good speed for that boat with a 115

Just curious Geoff, but high 50's seems really fast for an 18.6 boat with only a 115 pushing it. Are you measuring your speed with a speedometer or is that reading coming from a GPS ?? There can be quite a difference between the 2 and a speedo is very often way off.

I had to drive down to Peterboro this morning and I needed gas. I checked all the gas stations on the way into town and the cheapest was ESSO at $1.30 so on the way back home that's who got my money.

I never noticed black wingtips but it's definetely possible, so it could indeed have been a snow goose tagging along with the Canadas. I see the odd swan flying around this area and as I said I thought maybe that's what it was at first but he seemed too small. Anyways, it was certainly kool to see.

There was a flock of Canada Geese flying very low over the house this morning to land on the lake and one of them was snow white with a black beak. If he'd been alone I would have figured he was a small swan but he was about the same size as all his buds. I looked it up on Google and found some pictures of them so I spose they aren't really that un-common but I thought it was pretty interesting. Here's a picture from Google

Congratulations Mike and all the best to everyone.

Fill up the gas tanks, crank the boat wide open and enjoy your trips on the water boys, we only go this route one time. I spent too many years working my butt off to worry about saving a few $$$$ in my boat.

Only if I get 1/2

Couple months back I posted about my daughter entering a radio contest and winning an all inclusive one week trip for 2 to the Bahamas. They went last month and had a ball. She recently entered another radio contest and has won again. This time it's an another all inclusive trip for 2 and now she's off to Los Angeles. They get airfare, limo service, hotels and all meals, plus $500 cash. While there they take in the seasons final taping of The Big Bang Theory and then go back stage to meet the cast of the show. I think I better get that girl to start buying me some lottery tickets

That could definetely qualify as a BRUTE Dave. Nice big fish for sure !!

Line-X is good stuff and I also have it in the bed of my truck. I've seen full trailers done with it and it actually doesn't look too bad but I'm not sure if I'd want it myself but thanks for the suggestion.

This product looks like what I'm after and the price seems pretty good too, specially compared to what I was quoted last year for something similar. I also like the Towtector and it's something I've considered. Thanks again everyone.

OK thanks guys, some really good suggetions there. I looked into that clear plastic covering last year and was told by a local dealer that it would cost me about $300 for a bit to do my trailer. Time to make some phone calls.

I live on a dirt road and even with mud flaps on my truck I still manage to get the odd stone chip on my boat trailer. I was thinking of maybe spraying some type of clear coat on the vulnerable trailer surfaces but not sure if it'd work or not. Anybody know of a product that may give some protection ?? I know about the shields that can be mounted in front of the rig but I'm not interested in those.

I've seen that video before and it's a terrible thing to watch. Only takes 1 second for bad crap to happen.

Amazing video Jon, thanks for showing them. My wife and some of her girlfriends are leaving in a couple weeks for a 2 week cruise to Hawaii and I sure hope she gets to see something like that.

The list of very happy customers continues to grow. Impressive work as always Chris !!

Looks really nice Bernie. Ya can't beat fishing under a good top on a stormy day.

A week ago we were basking in 75 degree sunshine and talkin about the flowers blooming and the buds coming out on the trees. I'm looking out my window right now and it's starting to snow. Only in Canada

I'd take Raf's suggestion and go with the C-3. The C-4 is a higher gear ratio and it makes it tougher to crank in harder pulling baits such as big bladed spinnerbaits or bucktails. The C-3 is a bare bones reel but if your only gonna be fishing musky a couple times a year it'll work well for you.

10 years from now we'll be looking at an "old" picture of a gas station from way back in 2012 and remembering the good old days when we were only paying $1.50

Anybody with a tandem axle trailer knows it's just about impossible to turn it when your pushing it by hand, specially when the boat is still on it. I read on another forum about how putting plastic bags under each wheel makes it easy to turn so I thought I'd give it a try today. I put 4 bags on the floor, one behind each wheel, and then pushed the boat back so each wheel was sitting on a bag. I then went up to the tongue, turned the bogey wheel and then pushed the trailer tongue to the side and the trailer turned so easy I couldn't believe it. It would come in really handy for anyone who has to man handle their tandem trailer & boat around in tight places. Just thought I'd pass this little tid-bit on to anyone who may be interested.

One tactic we change for night time muskies Ric is fishing very shallow for them, infact sometimes in as little a 1-2 FOW. As I mentioned in the other thread alot of our old time spots are no longer available because of the weed growth but anywhere you can find shallow water with a sand bottom with some weeds mixed in you have a good shot at them. If there's deep water close by it's even better. Like Mike & Raf both said, a slow steady retrieve works best. Interestingly, we also get alot of nice incidental bass on large musky sized baits late at night, both large & smallmouth depending on the location. I no longer take pictures of bass but here's a couple old ones that show that their also feeding and aggressive after dark for any bass guys that may be wondering and might want to try them at night.